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Reproduction Wallpaper

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1950-1960

GUSN

GUSN-291132

Description

Two cut samples of reproduction wallpaper in the "Leonard Bouquet" pattern designed by Binnie B. Wilson for the Waterhouse Collection produced by the Warner Company, Chicago. All-over pattern of flower bouquets roller-printed in gray, white, two greens, pink and red on brown ground. The pattern is based on a historic wallpaper in the Leonard-Lloyd House, Sandwich, Massachusetts.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
floral patterns
Wallpaper

Inscription

"There is matching fabric for this wallpaper / Binnie B. Wilson for The Warner Co. / 21438 / Run 2" (printed)

Pattern

Leonard Bouquet

Pattern No.

21438

Associated Person

Waterhouse, Dorothy S.

Associated Building

Associated With Leonard-Lloyd House (Sandwich, MA),

Maker

Warner Company (Manufacturer)
Wilson, Binnie B. (Designer)

Location of Origin

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Dimensions

11 1/2 x 21 3/4 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bernard Scott

Accession Number

2001.281.820AB

Places

Sandwich (Barnstable county, Massachusetts)
Chicago (Cook county, Illinois)

Related Items

Title Wallpaper Sample Book Accession Number 2001.281.706
Title Reproduction Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.835

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Machine Printed

Form

unused

Ground Color

Brown

State

Repro

Type

Machine Made

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

Flowers
Bouquet

Period/Style

Floral

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